All privies and outdoor closets existing on any lot or premises fronting
or abutting on any street or highway or portion thereof, either public or
private, in or upon which any public sewer has been constructed or may hereafter
be constructed in the Town of Massena, are hereby declared to be nuisances
and detrimental to the public health, and the same shall be abated and removed
by the owners or occupants of such premises as herein provided.
A.
Whenever the Board of Health of the health district shall
discover that any privy or outdoor closet exists or is being maintained on
any lot or premises fronting or abutting on any street or highway or portion
thereof, either public or private, in or upon which any public sewer has been
constructed or shall hereafter be constructed in said town, it shall immediately
cause a notice in writing to be served upon the owner or occupant of such
premises, requiring such owner or occupant to discontinue and remove such
privy or outdoor closet and to connect said premises with the sewer main in
said street or highway or any portion thereof in front of each separate piece
of property or lot within 15 days after service of such notice, and such owner
or occupant shall make such sewer connections as required by said notice.
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person to place, deposit
or permit to be deposited in an unsanitary manner upon public or private property
within the Town of Massena or in any area under the jurisdiction of said town
any human or animal excrement, garbage or other objectionable waste.
B.
It shall be unlawful to discharge into any natural outlet
within the Town of Massena or in any area under the jurisdiction of said town
any sanitary sewage, industrial wastes or other polluted waters.
The owner of all houses, buildings or properties used for human occupancy,
employment, recreation or other purpose, situated within the Town of Massena
and abutting on any street or right-of-way in which there is now located or
may in the future be located a public sanitary sewer of the town, is hereby
required at his expense to install suitable toilet facilities therein and
to connect such facilities, according to the requirements and specifications
of the Town Board as to the material used and the manner or method of making
such connection, directly with the proper public sewer within 90 days after
date of official notice to do so, provided that said public sewer is accessible
and available.
Whenever any such owner or occupant shall have defaulted in making such
connection with said sewer mains opposite the lands and premises owned or
occupied by him, as directed in and required by said notice therefor, in the
manner and within the time specified, said Board shall have power and authority
to so make, extend and complete the same to the property line of the lands
and premises so owned or occupied opposite thereof and in front thereof and
to connect the same with any existing connecting pipes in front thereof, and
the actual expense, including all labor done and materials used in doing and
completing the same, shall be assessed by the Town Board upon each separate
piece of property opposite which the same shall be done and completed and
shall be a lien on said premises and lots of land, respectively, and the same
shall be collected in the same manner as other local assessments or assessments
for local improvements, as provided by the general town laws of the state,
and when so collected the amount thereof shall be paid into the applicable
sewer fund of the town.
